US President Donald Trump called her conviction a "very big deal". On Sunday, Le Pen appeared via video-link at a congress of Italy's right-wing Lega party, and compared her situation to US civil rights leader Martin Luther King Jr. "Our fight will be like yours - a peaceful fight, a democratic fight." She said.

Marine Le Pen, who was sentenced last week for an embezzlement conviction, held a rally attended by thousands in protest of her sentence on Sunday, claiming that it was politically motivated. “For 30 years,

The 76-year-old man was arrested over violent remarks against the presiding judge in Marine le Pen's trial, Bénédicte de Perthuis, which he posted on X with a picture of a guillotine, said prosecutors.